Ball retriever



Dec. 16, 1947.

C. KLINGLER BALL RETRIEVER Filed May 17, 1945 INVEN TOR: Fae [611171 ZZZ/22 x 41 ATTORNEYS.

5 WWW Patented Dec. 16, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,432,906 BALL RETRIEVER Paul C. Klingler, Riverside, N. J. Application May 17, 1945, Serial No. 594,302 2 Claims. (01. 294-19) This invention relates to devices useful in reby stripping it downward from the golf club handle.

retrievers intended for golfers. tioned as suggested in Fig. 1 with its lip 4 under- The aim of my invention is to provide a simple 5 reaching the ball B which is to be recovered, and inexpensive device of the kind referred to and the golf club 0 thereupon given a sweeping ily carried about in a golf bag; and which has manner which will be readily understood from the provisions whereby it may be detachably eonillustration last referred to.

nected to the handle end of a golf stick. From the foregoing it will be seen that I have In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a view in section f provided a ball retriever which is small and comclub; and Having thus described my invention, I claim:

As hereinafter illustrated, my improved ball retriever fashioned from stiff sheet material with practice may be metal or an equivalent having portion, said Shank po t bein longitudinally sprmgy characteristics) with a cup 3 of subsplit at the rear and having the edges along the stantially semi-spherical configuration having an split reversely rounded outwardly for facile conoutwardly-extendmg perlmetrical 11p flange 4, nection of the retriever to and disconnection from and with a tubular shank 5 which proJects upthe handle portion of a golf stick or the like, and wardly at an obtuse angle from the rear of a being inwardly offset at its uncture with the cup In order to stiffen and strengthen the JllI'lC- cup portion to provide a stop for contacting the ture between the cup 3 and the shank 5 and end of the stick handle.

also for another purpose hereinafter pointed out As a new article of manufacture, a ball reconcavely at 6. It is to be especially observed a cup portion, and with a tubular shank portion that the shank 5 is longitudinally split at the back disposed in angular relation to the cup portion the ends are outwardly rounded as at 9 to protion of the retriever to and disconnection from present instance the shank 5 is moreover tapei ed PAUL C. K INGLER. slightly to snugly fit the handle end of a golf stick or club such as partly indicated at C in REFERENCES CITED Fig. 1. The following references are of record in the When the retriever is to be used, the shank 5 file of thi patent: thereof is sprung over the golf club handle in a manner readily understandable from Fig. 1, and UNITED STATES PATENTS thereby frictionally and clampingly held in place Number Name Date with the butt of the handle seated within the 1,201,505 Robson Oct. 17, 1916 $01) indentation 6, by the spring action of the 1,614,956 Hokanson Jan. 18, 1927 vings 8. Subsequent removal of the retriever may 1,674,294 ORouke June -19, 1928 )e effected by reversing the above procedure, or 1,898,590 Milligan Feb. 21, 1933 

